Picturesque Palestine - Sinai and Egypt [Volume III and IV of the First Edition in Full Red Morocco, from the library of Captain William Deane Seymour of Cobh [Queenstown, Ireland] with his bookplate to endpaper - these possibly working copies for his later work "A Tour in Syria and Palestine"]

[Seymour, William Deane, Cobh] Wilson, Colonel Sir Charles W.

Published by London, J.S.Virtue and Co. [], 1870

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First Edition. Folio. Volume III: VI, Map of Palestine, 240 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings / Volume IV: VI, Map of Egypt and Sinai, 236 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings. Very decorative full red Morocco with gilt lettering and ornament, bound by Francis Guy, Cork. Bindings rubbed with some minor wormhole-damage to Volume IV. PAstedowns and endpapers a little stained and dusty but interior absolutely excellent besides some foxing to tissue-guards. Illustrations in the two Volumes include: Volume III: Full-page Steel-Engravings: 1. The Gorge of the Kadisha, Lebanon (Frontispiece) 2. Convent of St.Catherine, Mount Sinai (Title-Vignette) 3. Map of Palestine (Two colours) 4. Bay of Beirut 5. Sidon 6. Tyre 7. Mount Carmel 8. Caesarea 9. Jaffa, The Ancient Joppa 10. Gaza 11. Hebron 12. Entrance to the Valley of Petra With c. 160 Wood-Illustrations Volume IV: Full-page Steel-Engravings: 1. El Hesweh, Wady Feiran 2. Tombs in the Eastern Cliffs of Petra 3. Map of Egypt and Sinai (Two Colours) 4. Jebel Kanata, Wadi Magharah (Approach to Mount Serbal) 5. Mount Serbal from Wady Feiran 6. Wady Sho-Eib - Jethro's Valley 7. Pyramids of Gizeh 8. Luxor 9. The Great Temple at Karnak 10. Philae With c. 160 Wood-Illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picturesque Palestine - Sinai and Egypt [Volume III and IV of the First Edition in Full Red Morocco, from the library of Captain William Deane Seymour of Cobh [Queenstown, Ireland] with his bookplate to endpaper - these possibly working copies for his later work "A Tour in Syria and Palestine"]
• Publisher: London, J.S.Virtue and Co. []
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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